i have multiple friends doing this right now? $74k is not poverty wages.

> Where you going to get that money?

IDK, maybe the nypd? maybe force NYPD settlements to come out of their budget? their budget this year is literally over $10billion, and they do fuck all.

you see, they were actually supposed to be maintained and updated over those 60 years, but scum landlords routinely refuse to provide even basic maintenance for the apartment. the landlord's own illegal neglect should not enable them to deregulate an apartment.

i seriously doubt that anyone who says "housing is a human right" is saying "not here". NIMBY's don't believe that. And YIMBY's that whine and bloviate over building housing for the top end of the market but it's ok because there are 5 tax abated low-income apartments (btw those tax abatements expire and those apartments become market rate after like 10 years most of the time) are just as bad.

the "housing is a human right" crowd generally propose building more public housing, and expropriating buildings from landlords (happened in the 70s, creating HDFC co-ops, probably the only actually affordable middle class housing in nyc outside of, idk, co-op city or stuytown's regulated apartments).

like, what do you think is better, man? no right to an attorney and you can't get one? vs. a right to an attorney and you eventually will, you're just fucked in the mean time? come on, what is this bullshit post, you think people would be better off without their legal rights even if they can't use them instantly?

man, anyone who can pass the bar can make enough money without needing to work for landlords. that's a choice.

yeah you're right, man, people who literally cannot afford a lawyer should just be tossed to the wolves.

typical landlord, they want the benefit of a lawyer and they want the person they're suing not to have one.

going to med school can cost like a million dollars. the payments on that can make $300k look like $40k.

i have two friends working for the public defenders of a specific boro, and they make like $74k. a friend of mine just moved to boston and was telling me the public service jobs there are $60-80k. it's bleak.

also the public defenders in nyc don't have enough budget to hire all the lawyers they need. the money literally isn't there.

frankly my friend is an attorney for the city who deals with cases like this and he doesn't think there are damages, so, good luck lol

as an attorney, do you honestly think they could get any kind of settlement or judgement for this?

i got banned for factually pointing out that a large chunk of the mod team are cops who routinely give out bad advice. like when they told someone accused of raping someone under their care to just submit their DNA if they were innocent…

yeah, only the rich should get out on bail!

plenty of cities have below-ground bins/dumpsters, which don't take up much space topside but can hold huge amounts of trash subterranean. this is a solved problem. what a joke that they have a press conference for a dumpster with some grass growing on it.